Legal Opinion
Davis v. Jefferson Standard Life Ins. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 3, 1934No. 7507PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.
This appeal is from the judgment on a verdict directed against Mrs. Grace Mae Davis in a suit to collect on the double indemnity promise in case of death by accidental means in a policy on the life of her deceased husband. The same facts were involved in the ease of Travelers’ Protective Association v. Davis (C. C. A.) 67 F.(2d) 260, but under a different form of policy and with different questions of law raised. The important provisions of the present policy are: “The Company will pay the beneficiary in full settlement of all claims hereunder double the face amount of…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Carpenter v. Providence Washington InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1842
- Landress v. Phoenix Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Thornton v. Travelers InsuranceSupreme Court of Georgia · 1902
- Hawkeye Commercial Men's Ass'n v. ChristyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1923
- Burns Mortgage Co. v. FriedSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
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3Cited by16 opinions
- White v. New York Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1944
- Peoples Life Insurance v. MenardIndiana Court of Appeals · 1954
- Travelers Ins. Co. v. AnsleyCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1938
- Mutual Life Ins. Co. of New York v. HessCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1947
- Barkerding v. Ætna Life Ins.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1936
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